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39-40 BEDFORD STREET, STRAND, LONDON WC2E 9ER Telephone : 0207-379 4717 GUIDELINES FOR FREELANCE CONTRIBUTORS
A two-page feature length is 1,200 words, while a single-page article is approximately 1,000 words long.
If possible we would like four to six, captioned, black and white photographs or colour transparencies to illustrate a l,200 word article; one or two photographs or colour transparencies, captioned, for a single page.
Poems are accepted - maximum length of 25 lines.
All articles must be typed in double spacing with wide margins and using one side of the paper only. A stamped addressed envelope should be enclosed for the return of the material if it is not suitable. Receipt of material cannot be acknowledged.
The Editor regrets that she is unable to enter into correspondence about articles submitted.
Although every care is taken with feature material and illustrations submitted, the Editor cannot undertake to be held responsible for their loss or damage.
The submission of articles will be taken to imply that in the event of their acceptance the Editor may make such alterations of style and provide such illustrations as she thinks fit. Every manuscript is accepted on the understanding that it is the author's own original work except as otherwise disclosed.
Payment is made at the end of the month in which publication occurs.
Short stories for publication in The Lady should be up to 2,000 words in length, on a subject suitable for publication in the magazine and, above all, cheerful.
Details of our annual short story competition appear each year in our first issue in October, when we publish the entry coupon. This is the only opportunity to obtain the coupon and necessary details.
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